Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-26
Chronic Bronchitis.

Chronic Bronchitis Is also an inflamma.
tton OF the mucus men mbrane OF bronchial
tubes. But taIs form more often occurs
later in life. When cold settles on the
lungs the disease either ends la bronc tits
or pneumonia II it ends in bronchitis, It
usua ~ passes off rs cold In the chest, and
still the patient does not feel entifelv well.
He feels tired and languid, and is incapa-
BILE of taking his usual amount of exercise,
and experiences shortness OF breath with
more or less warmth in the palms of his
hands. Soon after this cough ppears, ac-
cOmpanied by an expectoraiion of thick
mucus, followed by hectic flush, loss OF
f1esn and stsength, and night swetts con-
tinue, when the patient assum 5 ali the ap-
pearsnce of having genuine case OF con-
sumption. But this is stmp catarrh OF the
lungs, or chronic bronchitis.
the latter stages OF the disease the mu-
Gus membrane of the larger bronchial tn bes
soitens. while the smaller tubes aud air
cells of the lungs the mucus me nbrane be-
mes congested and indtmed There are
no vities or tnbeicles in the lungs, but
me, ely a wasting away of the larger bron-
chial tubes, and death takes place rom OBJ
struction of the bronchial tubes aud air
cells OF The lungs. The patient dies from
exhaus len aud and suffocation, being una
BILE to expectorate the mucus which accum-
ulae ia the passage leading to the lungs,
which In some cases Is sticky aud small In
quantity, but more comm My c0pi0us, OF
light straw or yellowish green. Oitentimes
streaks of blood make their appearance In
the mucus, aud at times there Ii Disagree
abe smell. Persons thus afflicted are very
liable 10 take cold, at which time the mucuB
becomes lear and frothy aud is OF uncom-
,aonly the case that the patient dies in one
of these attack.
Humid bronchitis (from hume-e. to be
moist) is sn called from the .profuse quanti-
ty of watery secretions which comes from
the air passages of the lungs. At times 1t
becomes quite ropy. like the white of an
egg This form OF disease usually attacks
Dry bronchitis. This disease, the very
opposite of the above. is very common
affection. Very many people who regard
themselves as quite healthy are to day uu-
der its influence. and are slowly but surely
becoming the victims of this t,eacherOus
complaint. This is The most insidious OF all
pulmonary diseases There may at first be
a slight hacking cough. aud an expectora-
ton Of blu sh white mucu! Ana herein
air cells of the ln0gs. being difficult to
raise, after 1t becomes solidifed, perma-
nently obstructing portions OF the lungs.
causing shortness Of breath, nnd iseing
ter meals or slight exertton. Alter time
the cough becomes more severe ana comes
on in parOxysms, and as the snortness OF
breath increa .es, IL ALMOST oms assumes sme
brane also becomes more ana more tnick-
ened, which arises from the frequent fresh
cold, and the patient at last becomes fully
aware Oh tQc ItIIlDlc CuuhBCo shns nv Q ia
ken placs, and the inevitable results that
are sure to follow. -,
cure these diseases and yet the treatment
of the two forms are entirely different. In
the one we must ailay the irritation, while
In the other we must stimulate q neaithy
action.
fully understanding the system of medical
ed inhalations in the treatment of the vari-
GUS diseases of the pulmonary. organs, for
when properly applied tn re is no system
of medicine to be compared to 1t.
Persons desiring treatment by this system
of practice can nse the remedy at home as
well as at our office, and which will cause
no Inconvenience Or hindrance to business
whatever.
I have seen so many of these cases cured
that do not consider any case hopeless un-
less the disease had advanced to the chest
and that both lungs are ser ously involved.
Even then the inhalations aid us In dissolv-
ing the mucus and In contracting and heal
ing the cavities, which nothing else can do
with the same success.
The very best references from those al
ready cured.